Kookaburra, with photo titled On the Horizon, is August's Photozone competition winner.
She won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

Jools came in 2nd place with 10 votes for photo titled Old Loco

(steelbound) came in 3rd place with 6 votes for photo titled Beautiful Lake

to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.

We had a total of entries and votes this month.

Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active!

You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link: Photozone Zepher's Album titled Rule of Thirds

It's Kookabura's photo

Whose photo is "On the Horizon"? It wasn't in any of the posts this month. In fact, when I voted earlier today, I don't remember seeing it in the choices. If it was, I overlooked it.

Next time

View by clicking the links above or visit Photozone Zepher's Album titled Rule of Thirds
Thanks to everyone that participated in the Competition.
Voting will be open until August 31st

I so agree. Maybe you need two photo zones. One for us ordinary people and one for the photographers that know all the high tech stuff.

Personally I miss the photo zone that was fun and uncomplicated. Anyone could put in a point and shoot picture. Now it's very complicated and nit picky.no longer fun at all. Sorry just my personal opinion.

Can you enter the image without the blurred background?

I would say blurring the background is adding / removing detail.
It could have been done without post production by good use of depth of field

Did not change the main subject (tree). Background blurred for the Adamski Effect. Cropped and straightened.

Post production images are welcome as long as they abide by the following conditions...
No detail was added or removed to make the change the main subject of the image
Increase/decrease existing detail such as color, brightness, contrast and/or tone =
Adding / editing detail =

To: Scheherizade Did you do any of the above to your image entry?

Any photo created using a digital camera, and which is not in RAW format, has been 'post processed' by the camera. Cameras interpret the scene and employ varying, and often very considerable, degrees of contrast / colour/ tonal modification depending on what it 'thinks' the image is and what it thinks the typical viewer will see as 'real' or 'good'. Those are all choices made by the camera's firmware developers, so they are effectively doing the 'post processing'. If a photographer takes the RAW file and post processes it in Photoshop, or any other application(s), then that is a major part of the creative process.

If it's going to cause a bruhaha then the powers that be can delete it.

I hope I got the right kind of clouds. I got this one on my cell phone driving home from babysitting the grandkids.

I always thought any post production other than cropping or minor colour / brightness correction was disallowed for the contests.
If that's no longer the case then perhaps updated rules are needed.

The Zephyr's profile notes the rules

I adore you, Pat. You are always my champion. However ... ... ... Any photographer worth their salt, uses a photo processing app.

Any digital dslr photographer who shoots in RAW (which I do) will touch up a photo, even if it is to just convert it to a 'picture file', straighten it, or crop it. Lightroom and Photoshop are today what the darkroom was when film still existed for everyone. Even Ansel Adams touched up his photography during darkroom processing.

If I shot in film (which I wish I could afford) I could get this effect - in the darkroom. Today, though, modern digital photographers will use tools to convert a RAW file to .JPG, add effects like this, for extra story telling. I learned this technique from my 52Frames Photography Challenge. There are professional photographers that participate in this weekly self-challenge that do stuff like this all of the time. The major taboo is using AI to generate/enhance a photographic image. Absolutely NO AI.

As to the effect itself: "The Adamski effect owes its name to its creator, Josh Adamski (Tel Aviv 1948), a photographer who defines his work as a photo impressionism himself. Through blur techniques and creating the illusion of movement, his images adopt an abstract tone, often dreamlike and pictorial. His style has become popular and it is increasingly common to find images imitating his technique."

I highly recommend even hobby photographers research old photography techniques and famous photographers to expand your knowledge base. It's fascinating discovering new (old) photography.

The deadline to enter your Rule of Thirds image is August 27th.

She would never enter a Photoshoped picture. She is to serious about her photography and to honest to cheat!!!

t looks like it's been Photoshoped to me. The transition between the blurred part and the non-blurred part is too abrupt.

I would guess a long exposure with a river in the background...

Interesting shot, how was it done?

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In photography, the rule of thirds is a type of composition in which an image is mentally divided evenly into thirds, both horizontally and vertically, and the subject of the image is placed at the intersection of those dividing lines, or along one of the lines itself.

The rule of thirds is one of the most useful composition techniques in photography. It's an important concept to learn as it can be used in all types of photography to produce images which are more engaging and better balanced.

Of course, rules should never be applied blindly, particularly in art, so you should think of it more as a handy "rule of thumb" rather than one that's set in stone. However, it will produce a pleasing photo more often than not, and is an excellent starting point for any composition.

The idea is that an off-centre composition is more pleasing to the eye and looks more natural than one where the subject is placed right in the middle of the frame. It also encourages you to make creative use of negative space, the empty areas around your subject.

ladyblue2k, with photo titled Bird House, is July's Photozone competition winner!
She won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

Jools came in 2nd place with 11 votes for photo titled Crooked House.

lovelysharon came in 3rd place with 4 votes for photo titled Somewhere in Italy.

to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.

We had a total of entries and votes this month.

Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active.

You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled Unique Abodes

View by clicking the above links or visit Photozone Zepher's Album titled Unique Abodes.
Voting will be open from July 31 - August 3rd.
Thank you for your participation!

There have been some really great Unique Abode images so far.
Thank you all for sharing your photography with us.

An Elizabethan house in a village near my home

This a photo from ladyblue2k, please enter her in the contest!

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photo titled Pumpkin Champions by: (steelbound)

2nd Place by: Scheherizade - photo titled California Dreaming

3rd Place by: Jools - photo titled Canal lock

Thank you all for your time and talent

I wasn't sure if it was the same, I just remembered seeing something similar

That’s ok. If it hadn’t been for Jools recognizing it I wouldn’t have noticed either lol
It’s already in the poll so we’ll see how it goes. I won’t be able to give you the win though. It is a great image.

It was supposed to be the one that wasn't submitted last time. I confess, I have memory issues, so I thought this was NOT the one from last time. One is blue, one is bw, correct. I tried to find the contest, but, yeah, that didn't work ... We can just keep it out completely, since I'm so late in getting back to you, too. It's no biggie.

Looks like the same image. One is black and white and the other is blue right?

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Thank you all for your entries and participation.
Voting will be open until July 6
To view click the above links or visit Photozone Zepher's Album titled Symmetry

Is this a different image than you entered before?

I'll wait for the person who runs the contest to tell me. There are two versions.

Looks familiar

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Symmetry - The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

1951 is looking much more spry than 1667

I don't understand what's happening and need some advice. When I look at (#123996 next to bottom row) in my Resized Picture Album it looks narrow...but when I load it into a wiki [ Friendship: July Birthday Challenge Template ] it's wide. Am I doing something wrong? This has worked on all my other pictures.

The theme for June's competition will be:

TabbyCat, with photo titled Love Letter in the Sand, is May's Photozone competition winner!
She won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

Scheherizade came in 2nd place with 10 votes for photo titled Believe it

GailorJ54 came 3rd place with 7 votes for photo titled Letters no one wants to see

to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.

We had a total of entries and votes this month.

Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active

You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled Letters

View by clicking the above links or visit Photozone Zepher's Album titled Letters
Voting will be open from May 29 - June 1st.
All were great entries, thank you for your participation!

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Thank you all for entering your images! Anymore?
The deadline is today May 28th

Yes!

Is there confusion about the theme this month? No one has entered an image. Share your "Letters" image before it's too late. I know you all have something up your sleeve.

The theme for May's competition will be: Letters - Graphic

Specialsteel, with photo titled Abandoned Steam Trains, is April's Photozone competition winner.
He won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

TabbyCat tied for 2nd place with 8 votes for photo titled Abandoned Building
Scheherizade tied for 2nd place with 8 votes for photo titled Abandoned Comfy Chair

marcmandy came in 3rd place with 7 votes for photo titled Carrie Furnaces, Pittsburg

to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.

We had a total of entries and votes this month.

Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active.

You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled Abandoned

Vote by clicking on the above links or visit Photozone Zepher's Album titled Abandoned
Thank you all for your participation!
Voting will be open May 1-4

The deadline to enter is today April 30th

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The theme for April's competition will be: Abandoned.

lovelysharon, with photo titled Water Drops, is March's Photozone competition winner.
She won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token.

wgh came in 2nd place with 12 votes for photo titled Cyclone Alfred Rain

Scheherizade came in 3rd place with 9 votes for photo titled A rose by any other name

to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting.

We had a total of entries and votes this month.

Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active!

You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled Water Drops

"Abandoned" announced in the newsletter and above in header

What is it?

Ok , will find something else (hopefully)

I'm sorry Jools but you used this picture in the Transportation album. Photozone Zepher's Album titled Transportation

I've been waiting for a suitable theme for this one

That's odd. I see 5 different pics too

Just go to any one, then use the next & previous buttons to scroll through them

Interesting. I get 5 different photos in 5 different links.

This is weird. All of them contain the same pictures.

Vote by clicking the links above or visit Photozone Zepher's Album titled Water Drops
Voting will be open April 3-6
Thank you all for your participation and sharing your great photography!

The deadline to enter you Water Drops image is April 2nd
Thank you all for your participation and sharing your great photography!

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April 2nd is the deadline